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Foreign Carriers PUBLIC NOTICE Federal Communications Commission th News Media Information 202 / 418-0500 445 12 St., S.W. Internet: http://www.fcc.gov Washington, D.C. 20554 TTY: 1-888-835-5322 DA 07-233 Released: January26, 2007 The International Bureau Revises and Reissues the Commission’s List of Foreign Telecommunications Carriers that Are Presumed to Possess Market Power in Foreign Telecommunications Markets By this Public Notice, the International Bureau revises and reissues the Federal Communications Commission’s “List of Foreign Telecommunications Carriers that Are Presumed to Possess Market Power in Foreign Telecommunications Markets.” The revised list updates changes in the names of dominant carriers on several routes, and also adds St. Maarten to the list of destination markets and SMITCOMS, N.V. as a carrier presumed to possess market power in St. Maarten.1 The Bureau last reissued the list in 2004.2 The Commission first adopted its list of foreign carriers that are presumed to possess market power in the 1999 ISP Reform Order proceeding.3 In that proceeding, the Commission modified its rules to remove its requirement that agreements between U.S. telecommunications carriers and 1 The Commission directed the International Bureau to issue an amended List of Foreign Telecommunications Carriers that are Presumed to Possess Market Power in Foreign Telecommunications Markets to add St. Maarten to the list of destination markets and SMITCOMS, N.V. as a carrier presumed to possess market power in St. Maarten because SMITCOMS failed to demonstrate that its parent, SMITCOMS, N.V., will lack market power in relevant input markets in St. Maarten that are necessary to land, connect and operate the SMPR-1 cable system. See St. Maarten International Communications Services, Inc. Application for Review of Application for a License to Land and Operate a Fiber Optic Submarine Cable System Between San Juan, Puerto Rico, and St. Maarten, Netherlands Antilles, Order on Review, 20 FCC Rcd 18732 (2005). 2 See List of Foreign Carriers that Are Presumed to Possess Market Power in Foreign Telecommunications Markets, Declaratory Ruling, DA 04-1584 19 FCC Rcd 20385 (Int’l Bureau 2004). The Commission has delegated the authority to administer and enforce the policies and rules on international settlements under part 64 of the Commission’s rules. 47 C.F.R. § 0.261(a)(8). See The International Bureau Revises and Reissues the Commission’s List of Foreign Telecommunications Carriers That Are Presumed to Possess Market Power in Foreign Telecommunications Market, Public Notice, DA 03-181218 FCC Rcd 11073 (Int’l Bureau 2003); List of Foreign Telecommunications Carriers that Are Presumed to Possess Market Power in Foreign Telecommunications Markets, Declaratory Ruling, DA 04-970, 19 FCC Rcd 6331 (Int’l Bureau 2004). 3 1998 Biennial Regulatory Review – Reform of the International Settlements Policy and Associated Filing Requirements, IB Docket No. 98-198 and CC Docket No. 90-337, Report and Order and Order on Reconsideration, 14 FCC Rcd 7963 (1999) (1999 ISP Reform Order). foreign carriers that lack market power at the foreign end of the international route conform to the Commission’s International Settlements Policy (ISP).4 The Commission’s rules presume that a foreign carrier does not possess market power on the foreign end of a U.S.-international route if it possesses less than 50 percent market share in each of three relevant foreign product markets: international transport facilities, including cable landing station access and backhaul facilities; intercity facilities and services; and local access facilities and services on the foreign end.5 The Commission created a list of foreign carriers that do not qualify for this presumption as a mechanism to ensure that U.S.-international carriers are precluded from exchanging traffic outside of the ISP with carriers on the list.6 In addition, the Commission’s rules identified below preclude U.S.- authorized carriers from agreeing to accept special concessions from carriers on the list unless otherwise allowed under the Commission's rules. The list, as now revised, continues to apply for purposes of implementing the following Commission rules: Sections 1.767(g)(5) (involving the prohibition on cable landing licensees agreeing to accept special concessions);7 43.51(b) (involving reporting contracts and concessions); 63.14 (involving the prohibition on telecommunications carriers agreeing to accept special concessions); 63.23(d) (involving the provision of switched basic services over authorized resold private lines); and 64.1002 (involving the international settlements policy), which the Commission adopted in the 2004 ISP Reform Order.8 4 The ISP is a Commission policy established to govern how U.S. carriers negotiate with foreign carriers for the exchange of international traffic. The ISP currently applies when U.S. carriers negotiate the exchange of traffic with foreign carriers that have market power on to those international routes that are not “benchmark” compliant. International Settlements Policy Reform, International Settlement Rates, IB Docket Nos. 02-324 and 96-261, First Report and Order, 19 FCC Rcd 5709 (2004) (2004 ISP Reform Order); see also “Routes Still Subject to the International Settlements Policy (ISP)” (http://www.fcc.gov/ib/pd/pf/isp_nom_excempt.html). The ISP is intended to prevent foreign carriers with market power from discriminating or taking other anticompetitive actions against competing U.S. carriers as a strategy to obtain pricing concessions regarding the exchange of international traffic. Specifically, the ISP requires that: (1) all U.S. carriers must be offered the same effective accounting rate and same effective date for the rate (“nondiscrimination”); (2) all U.S. carriers are entitled to a proportionate share of U.S.-inbound, or return traffic based upon their proportion of U.S.-outbound traffic (“proportionate return”); and (3) the accounting rate is divided evenly 50- 50 between U.S. and foreign carriers for U.S.-inbound and outbound traffic so that inbound and outbound settlement rates are identical (“symmetrical settlement rates”). 5 47 C.F.R. 63.10 (a) (3) and 43.51 note 3. See also Policies on Foreign Participation in the U.S. Telecommunications Market, Report and Order and Order on Reconsideration, IB Docket Nos. 97-142 and 95-22, FCC 97-398, 12 FCC Rcd 23891 at 23959, ¶¶ 161 (1997) (Foreign Participation Order). 6 1999 ISP Reform Order, 14 FCC Rcd at 7778-7981, ¶¶ 42-49; see also List of Foreign Telecommunications Carriers that Are Presumed to Possess Market Power in Foreign Telecommunications Markets, Public Notice, 14 FCC Rcd 7038 (1999) (issuing initial list of foreign carriers presumed to possess market power). 7 See Review of Commission Consideration of Applications under the Cable Landing License Act, IB Docket No. 00-106, 16 FCC Rcd 22167 (2001) (Submarine Cable Landing License Order). 8 2004 ISP Reform Order 19 FCC Rcd at 5735-5736, ¶¶ 55-62. 2 The revised list is based on publicly available information, compiled from official sources, including the International Telecommunication Union.9 The list of “Foreign Carriers with Market Power” does not specifically identify all incumbent local exchange carriers that may operate in the destination markets listed below. However, all incumbent local exchange carriers that may operate in the markets are incorporated by reference on the list.10 Interested parties may challenge the inclusion or exclusion of any carrier on the list by submitting a petition for declaratory ruling and the appropriate supporting documentation to demonstrate that a carrier included on the list lacks market power or that a carrier not included does not lack market power. This list applies only for purposes of determining those foreign carriers that are subject to our ISP, our rules on providing switched services over private lines, and the No Special Concessions rules for U.S. international common carriers and cable landing licensees. It does not apply for purposes of market power determination under Sections 63.10 (regulatory classification of U.S. international carriers) or 63.18 (contents of applications for international common carriers). The list below will be posted on the International Bureau’s website at http://www.fcc.gov/ib. Destination Market Foreign Carriers with Market Power Afghanistan Ministry of Communications Albania Albtelecom Algeria Algeria Telecom Angola Angola Telecom Anguilla Cable & Wireless (Anguilla) Limited Antigua and Barbuda Cable & Wireless (Antigua) Limited Argentina Telcom Argentina S.A., Telefónica de Argentina S.A. Armenia Armentel Ascension Island Cable & Wireless (Ascension Islands) Australia Telstra Corporation Austria Telekom Austria Azerbaijan Aztelecom Bahamas Bahamas Telecommunications Corporation (BTC) Bahrain Bahrain Telecommunications Company (BATELCO) Bangladesh Bangladesh Telegraph & Telephone Board Barbados Barbados External Telecommunications Ltd. (BET) Belarus Beltelecom Belgium Belgacom Belize Belize Telecommunications Ltd. (BTL) 9 While the Commission’s staff attempts to maintain current information as to the names of carriers on this list, we encourage interested parties to advise the Commission on future name changes that may occur as a result of divestiture of national incumbent operators into regional operators or for other reasons. 10 See infra “Additional carriers included on this list.” 3 Benin Office des postes et télécommunications (OPT) Bermuda Cable & Wireless Bermuda Bhutan Bhutan Telecom
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